Mr. Fu Siao-en, who" was recently: appointed Mayor of the- Japanese-sponsored Shanghai municipal rowly escaped death at the hands of an assassin at the Civic Centre in Kiangwan at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. The assailant, who instead killed a Japanese member of Mr. Fu's bodyguard, escaped, but a suspected accomplice was shot and killed by Chinese bodyguards~-and Japanese gendarmes near the scene of the attack. The surrounding area was promptly cordoned off by the Japanese military, and -innumerable searches were made throughout the day within that sphere and in the Northern district generally as far as the Garden Bridge.
The: assassin, a Chinese, approached Mr. Fu*and his entourage as they were leaving the'Mayor's residence in one of the repaired Civic Centre buildings. It is understood that he fired only one shot from a pistol, the bullet lodging in the chest of Sergeant Sojuro Tokuiza, of the Japanese Gendarmerie; who! died "almost: instantly. Other: members of the Mayor's personal bodyguard immediately opened fire-and killed another Chinese.
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